1 | '''Basic Trope''': A pregnancy that begins and ends very quickly. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, and three months later, she gives birth. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice's baby is born one week after she sleeps with Bob. |
5 | ** Alice is pregnant for a total of two minutes. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy lasts five to seven months. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Alice is not human, and her species (whatever it may be) has a fast pregnancy. |
9 | ** Alice's baby is born prematurely. |
10 | ** Alice is carrying multiple babies simultaneously, [[TruthInTelevision a situation that often lends itself to pregnancies that are over in less than nine months.]] |
11 | * '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for more than a year.]] |
12 | * '''Subverted''': |
13 | ** Alice's pregnancy takes the usual nine months in the series. |
14 | ** Alice simply [[LatePregnancyRealization didn't notice her pregnancy until her third trimester]], due to [[BrawnHilda her portliness]]. |
15 | * '''Double Subverted''': Nine months of "storyline time", that is. The episodes were filmed according to filming time, or made use of a flash forward. |
16 | * '''Parodied''': Alice is visibly and heavily pregnant as soon as she's done having sex with Bob, and gives birth the morning after. |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Some pregnancies go rapidly, others slowly, and others at a realistic speed. |
18 | * '''Averted''': |
19 | ** Alice's pregnancy lasts for a normal amount of time. |
20 | ** Alice does not become pregnant in-series. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': |
22 | ** "We need to portray a pregnancy without taking forever to film it." |
23 | ** "The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and [[HideYourPregnancy we can't hide it]] at this point; let's make it part of the storyline." |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
25 | ** "Didn't you just take a pregnancy test yesterday?" |
26 | ** [[Series/WandaVision "The baby is approximately nine months early!"]] |
27 | * '''Invoked''': Alice, frustrated with the uncomfortable aspects of pregnancy, seeks the help of a witch, who gives her a potion that will speed up her pregnancy. |
28 | * '''Exploited''': [[YourDaysAreNumbered Emperor Evulz]], needing a suitable heir before he dies, specifically impregnates Alice so he can influence his child. |
29 | * '''Defied''': Alice has second thoughts about taking the potion, fearing that it could hurt the baby (or her), and decides just to suck it up and deal with her discomfort. |
30 | * '''Discussed''': "It seems like just yesterday, Alice was just starting to show." |
31 | * '''Conversed''': "That was just yesterday!" |
32 | * '''Implied''': |
33 | ** None of the characters ages appreciably during Alice's pregnancy. |
34 | ** When other mothers ask how Alice handled her pregnancy, she actually seems confused before saying, "I regularly forget I was ever pregnant." |
35 | * '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's due to an abortion or miscarriage.) |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': The timeline makes it clear that it's a realistic amount of time. |
37 | * '''Played for Laughs''': GilliganCut |
38 | * '''Played for Drama''': |
39 | ** The baby's early arrival causes problems and/or it doesn't survive. |
40 | ** The baby in question is a FetusTerrible that [[SelfMadeOrphan kills its own mother]] mere instants after being born. |
41 | %%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ??? |
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43 | [[ExpressDelivery You had the baby already? Didn't you just tell me about two weeks ago?]] |
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